Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records MC 92 Finding aid prepared by Amanda Mita and Evan Peugh.
Last updated on August 31, 2016.
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
2014 March 19 Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records
Table of Contents
Summary Information...... 3 Biography/History...... 4 Scope and Contents...... 5 Administrative Information...... 7 Related Materials...... 9 Controlled Access Headings...... 9 Collection Inventory...... 11 Series I. Philip R. McDevitt...... 11 Series II. John E. Flood...... 19 Series III. Joseph M. O'Hara...... 22
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Summary Information
Repository Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
Creator Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.).
Title Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records
Call number MC 92
Date [bulk] 1910-1926
Date [inclusive] 1890-1932
Extent 9.6 linear feet (, 23 document boxes)
Language English
Abstract The parochial school system in Philadelphia officially began in 1852 under Philadelphia's fourth bishop, John Nepomucene Neumann. However, the first Catholic schools in Philadelphia can be traced to the mid- to late-18th century under the purview of local parishes, and early expansion occurred unsystematically until the 1850s. Since few parishes had the resources to provide a K-12 education, many Catholic households chose to send their children to Philadelphia's public schools. Due to several factors (including doubts about the suitability of a public education for Catholic children and growing anti-Catholic sentiment and the nativist riots of 1844), Bishop Francis Kenrick began pushing for separate parochial schools for Philadelphia's Catholic families. By 1850, nearly every parish had a free school. By 1852, Philadelphia had a parochial school system administered by a central school board. Consistent policies were established in 1890, when the central board voted to create an administrative staff to develop a cohesive curriculum and standardized policies regarding personnel, attendance, grading, and examinations. In
- Page 3 - Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records 1894, Archbishop Patrick John Ryan selected Father John W. Shanahan as the first superintendent of Catholic schools in Philadelphia. His successor, Reverend Philip R. McDevitt, was appointed in 1899. McDevitt advocated for the creation of new high schools with practical curricula to attract Catholic families away from public high schools, and systemized the supervision of each school. Operated on a citywide basis, these schools would act to upgrade and standardize the curriculum and practices of the decentralized feeder parish schools. In 1895, the board established a group of inspectors to oversee the schools, and in 1901 the power to appoint principals and teachers was transferred from local priests to the central board. The Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records date from 1890 to 1932, with bulk dates of 1910 to 1926, and document the administrations of Philip R. McDevitt, superintendent from 1899 to 1916; John K. Flood, superintendent from 1916 to 1922; and Joseph M. O’Hara, superintendent from 1922 to 1926. While the collection mainly pertains to McDevitt, Flood, and O’Hara, it also contains a small amount of records associated with the administration of John J. Bonner, superintendent from 1926-1945.
Cite as:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records, 1890-1932, Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.
Biography/History
The first Catholic schools in Philadelphia were founded in the late 18th century as local parishes established schools for young children, and private donations allowed for the creation of several Catholic academies. Catholic children enrolled in newly created parish schools received instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. The early expansion of Philadelphia Catholic education occurred unsystematically and with no centralized organization beyond the individual parishes. The first efforts to unify and coordinate Catholic schooling in Philadelphia occurred in the 1850s when the Right Reverend
- Page 4 - Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records John Neumann created a city-wide board of education, which representatives from each parish with a school were invited to join. The Bishop of Philadelphia served as the board’s first presiding officer. However, until the 1890s, this central agency developed little in the way of consistent policies. In 1890, the central board representing the parishes voted to create an administrative staff to develop a cohesive curriculum and standardized policies regarding personnel, attendance, grading, and examinations. Within one year, newly hired administrators issued directives regularizing the work of the parish schools. In 1895, the board established a group of inspectors to oversee the schools, and in 1901 the power to appoint principals and teachers was transferred from local priests to the central board. Most importantly, in 1899 the board selected Father Philip McDevitt as superintendent of Catholic schools in Philadelphia (McDevitt was the second appointed superintendent; the first being John W. Shanahan, whose tenure ran from 1869-1899). Foremost on Superintendent McDevitt’s agenda was the building of a diocesan high school system. By the turn of the 20th century, private Catholic academies remained the only option to pursue Catholic secondary education. McDevitt advocated for the creation of new high schools with practical curricula to attract Catholic families away from public high schools; operated on a citywide basis, these schools would act to upgrade and standardize the curriculum and practices of the decentralized feeder parish schools. In establishing a secondary school structure, McDevitt also could cite the authority of the American Council of Bishops and their call for establishing Catholic high schools throughout the country. In an effort to present a flagship for his new educational system, McDevitt instituted a pragmatic three- track program at Roman Catholic High School for Boys, the first free Catholic secondary school in the United States. There, with a faculty entirely comprised of lay teachers, students could pursue academic, commercial or mechanical courses, all within a common framework of manual and business training instruction, in addition to religious teaching. Vocational training advances continued with the creation of a separate set of high schools for Catholic girls, with the first, Catholic Girls' High School (now known as John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School), opening in 1912. The Archbishop Ryan School for Children with Deafness also was founded in 1912. Two more girls’ Catholic high schools opened under McDevitt’s tenure, which concluded in 1916 when he was named the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Pope Benedict XV. John E. Flood, superintendent from 1916 to 1922, and Joseph M. O’Hara, superintendent from 1922 to 1926, continued solidifying McDevitt’s initiatives in standardizing pragmatic vocational education in Philadelphia Catholic schools through frequent site visits to schools, subsequent school reports, and frequent communication with parishes and parishioners to grow the Catholic educational community.
Scope and Contents
The Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records date from 1890 to 1932, with bulk dates of 1910 to 1926, and document the administrations of Philip R. McDevitt, superintendent from 1899 to 1916; John E. Flood, superintendent from 1916 to 1922; and Joseph M. O’Hara, superintendent from 1922 to 1926.
- Page 5 - Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records While the collection mainly pertains to McDevitt, Flood, and O’Hara, it also contains a small amount of records associated with the administration of John J. Bonner, superintendent from 1926 to 1945. The collection contains three series: Series “I. Philip R. McDevitt, 1890-1920,” Series “II. John E. Flood, 1916-1923,” and Series “III. Joseph M. O’Hara, 1922-1932.” Series “I. Philip R. McDevitt” dates from 1890 to 1920, with bulk dates of 1910 to 1915, and contains mostly correspondence, financial records, examination materials, notes, and clippings. Records are arranged in three subseries: “Ia. Correspondence, 1890-1920,” “Ib. Catholic Girls' High School, 1891-1920," "Ic. School files, 1899-1916,” and “Id. Other records, 1903-1915.” Subseries “Ia. Correspondence” dates from 1890 to 1920, with bulk dates of 1910 to 1916, and contains correspondence regarding the administration of archdiocesan schools (subjects include vaccinations, medical inspections, student enrollment, employment certificates, textbooks, tests, policy, and curriculum), as well as a substantial amount of personal correspondence from colleagues, officials from local government entities (such as the Bureau of Compulsory Education the Bureau of Health), and clergy, missionaries, and laypeople in Philadelphia and elsewhere. This subseries also includes correspondence regarding meetings, committees, organizations, and speaking engagements. This subseries is arranged chronologically, with a small grouping of folders organized alphabetically by subject or correspondent at the end of the subseries. Some correspondence regarding the Catholic Girls' High School may be found here as well as in subseries "Ib. Catholic Girls' High School". Subseries "Ib. Catholic Girls' High School" dates from 1891 to 1920, with bulk dates of 1911 to 1915, and contains records regarding the planning, construction, fundraising, furnishing, maintenance, and administration of Catholic Girls' High School. Topics include contractors and builders, supplies, furniture, infrastructure, donations and fundraising, curriculum planning, as well as early designs of the school seal and insignia. This subseries in arranged chronologically. Subseries “Ic. School files” dates from 1899 to 1916, with bulk dates of 1899 to 1909, and contains correspondence, school inspection reports, notes, examination materials, and other records pertaining to various schools throughout the school district of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Reports generated from school site visits consist of comments on overcrowded conditions, effectiveness of teachers and teaching methods, general atmosphere, and comments on students’ ability to pass tests generated by the superintendents’ office specifically for site visit purposes (many of which are included with the site visit reports). McDevitt felt strongly about properly-trained lay teachers in his schools. This subseries is divided into two groups: school inspection reports and general school files. The school inspection reports are organized alphabetically, first by parish schools in Philadelphia, then by parish schools outside Philadelphia, then followed by “Special" schools. These Include schools of ethnic parishes, industrial schools, and schools run by orphanages or children’s homes. The general school files are arranged chronologically and contain assorted records including student lists, meeting reports, exams, and curricula. Subseries “Id. Other records” dates from 1903 to 1915, with bulk dates of 1910 to 1914, and contains assorted correspondence, school-related ephemera, clippings, writings and speeches by McDevitt, and other records. This subseries is arranged chronologically.
- Page 6 - Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records Series “II. John E. Flood” dates from 1916 to 1923 and contains mostly correspondence, as well as a small amount of notes, school-related ephemera, rosters, and other administrative records. Records are arranged in two subseries: "IIa. Correspondence, 1916-1922" and "IIb. School files, 1916-1923." Subseries "IIa. Correspondence" dates from 1916 to 1922 and contains correspondence regarding the administration of archdiocesan schools (subjects include many of the same represented in Subseries Ia). This subseries is arranged chronologically. Subseries "IIb. School files" dates from 1916 to 1923 and contains assorted records, reports, and printed materials regarding enrollment, textbooks, school inspections, and exams. This subseries also contains a small amount of records pertaining to the Catholic Girls’ High School. This subseries is arranged chronologically. Series “III. Joseph M. O’Hara” dates from 1922 to 1932, with bulk dates of 1922 to 1926, and contains correspondence, notes, financial records, and assorted administrative records, particularly regarding the Catholic Girls’ High School. Records are arranged in two subseries: “IIIa. Correspondence, 1922-1929” and “IIIb. School files, 1922-1932.” Researchers should note that some materials from the administration of superintendent John J. Bonner may be found in this series. Subseries “IIIa. Correspondence” dates from 1922 to 1929, with bulk dates of 1922 to 1926, and is arranged chronologically. Topics range widely and include student enrollment, student delinquency, school curricula, and building maintenance. Researchers should be aware that correspondence can also be found in Subseries “IIIb. School files.” Subseries “IIIb. School files” dates from 1922 to 1932, with bulk dates of 1922 to 1926, and contains correspondence, financial records and invoices, notes, and other administrative records, including documentation regarding facilities and other activities of various schools, but especially the Catholic Girls’ High School. This subseries is arranged chronologically. Overall, this collection documents the administration of the school district of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from the 1900s to the 1920s. The many schools included in this school district are thus documented from the top administrative record, but the Catholic Girls’ High School is especially well documented. This collection would thus prove valuable for researchers interested in these institutions, the superintendents during this time period (especially McDevitt), or more generally the administration of parochial schools during the early 20th century.
Administrative Information
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
2014 March 19 Finding aid prepared by Amanda Mita and Evan Peugh.
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Access Restrictions This collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.
Custodial History note This collection combines accession numbers 1990.143, 1990.145, and an additional accession labeled "Acc. #24" (unknown provenance, found by Shawn).
Processing Information note The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project. This collection was minimally processed in 2013-2014, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder. Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article "More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections," the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages in 16 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 4 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections or complete any preservation work. In 2015, PAHRC chose to reprocess the collection in order to incorporate a separate accession which should have been included in the initial processing, and also to promote easier access to materials in the collection.
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Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note For more information on the Philadelphia Parochial Schools, please see our collection of Annual Reports of the Superintendent of Schools, 1897-2011 (http://pahrc.pastperfectonline.com/ library/62C3B98D-0507-4F11-8536-331722189820) Another collection housed at PAHRC (MC 81, Superintendent of Schools files) contains a scrapbook of McDevitt's tenure as superintendent which includes additional items of correspondence and memoranda. Please also see the Philip Richard McDevitt papers at the University of Notre Dame (http:// archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/xml/mcd.xml)
Controlled Access Headings
Form/Genre(s)
• Administrative reports • Correspondence • Financial records • Invoices • Receipts
Personal Name(s)
• Bonner, John J., 1890-1945 • Flood, John E., -1922 • McDevitt, Philip R. (Philip Richard), 1858-1935 • O'Hara, Joseph
Subject(s)
• Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Collection Inventory
Series I. Philip R. McDevitt, 1890-1920 (Bulk, 1910-1915) .
Subseries Ia. Correspondence, 1890-1920 (Bulk, 1910-1916) .
Box Folder
1890-1907. 1 1
1908. 1 2
1909. 1 3
1910 January. 1 4
1910 February. 1 5
1910 March. 1 6
1910 April. 1 7
1910 May. 1 8
1910 June. 1 9
1910 July. 2 1
1910 August. 2 2
1910 September. 2 3
1910 October. 2 4
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1910 November. 2 5
1910 December. 2 6
1911 January-March. 2 7
1911 April-June. 2 8
1911 July-December. 2 9
1912 January-June. 3 1
1912 July-September. 3 2
1912 October-December. 3 3
1913 January-March. 3 4
1913 April-June. 3 5
1913 July-September. 4 1
1913 October-December. 4 2
1914 January-March. 4 3
1914 April-June. 4 4
1914 July-December. 4 5
1915 January-June. 5 1
1915 July-December. 5 2
1916 January-March. 5 3
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1916 April-December. 5 4
1917-1919. 5 5
Undated correspondence (1 of 2), undated. 6 1
Undated correspondence (2 of 2), undated. 6 2
American Catholic Historical Society (including meeting minutes), 6 3 1909-1915.
Catholic Choral Club (including related printed material), 1915. 6 4
Catholic Educational Association, 1908-1916. 6 5
Catholic Missionary Society of Philadelphia, 1914-1916. 6 6
Catholic Summer School of America (including Treasurer's Reports), 6 7 1911-1916, 1920.
Catholic Summer School of America (checks and receipts), 1913-1914. 6 8
Correspondence from Reverend W. M. Cunningham, 1911-1916. 7 1
Employment certificates, 1914 September-November. 7 2
Fourth International Congress on Home Education (including related printed 7 3 material), 1913-1914.
Playgrounds Association of Philadelphia (including related printed material), 7 4 1908-1914.
"The Public Ledger", 1913. 7 5
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West Philadelphia Catholic Boys' High School, 1916. 7 6
Subseries Ib. Catholic Girls' High School, 1891-1920 (Bulk, 1911-1915) .
Box Folder
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence and other records regarding 7 7 planning and construction of school, 1891-1915.
Catholic Girls' High School: Regarding preliminary planning, 1906-1915. 7 8
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence and legal documents regarding 7 9 renaming of school, 1908-1911.
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence, receipts, and notes regarding 7 10 donations, 1908-1914.
Catholic Girls' High School: Programs for closing exercises and other 7 11 events, 1908-1916.
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence and other records regarding 7 12 learned and blessed women, 1911 June-July.
Catholic Girls' High School: Donation registers, 1911. 8 1
Catholic Girls' High School: Donation registers and donation receipt 8 2 booklets for the endowment and equipment of the school, 1911.
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence and other records regarding 8 3 groundbreaking occasion (1911 April 29) and laying of cornerstone (1911 October 11), 1911.
Catholic Girls' High School: Materials related to construction and furnishing 8 4 of school, 1911, undated.
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Catholic Girls' High School: School seal and insignia designs, circa 1911. 8 5
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence and other records regarding 8 6 construction of school, 1911-1912.
Catholic Girls' High School: Photographs of construction, 1911-1912. 8 7
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence regarding construction, 8 8 maintenance, and furnishing of building (1 of 2), 1911-1915.
Catholic Girls' High School: Correspondence regarding construction, 9 1 maintenance, and furnishing of building (2 of 2), 1911-1915.
Catholic Girls' High School: General correspondence and notes, 1912-1913. 9 2
Catholic Girls' High School: Letters from teachers regarding paychecks and 9 3 courses, 1912-1913.
Catholic Girls' High School: Course plans, curricula, exam questions, 1913, 9 4 1914, undated.
Catholic Girls' High School: Lists of graduates and awards, 1913-1914. 9 5
Catholic Girls' High School: Class rosters, 1913-1915. 9 6
Catholic Girls' High School: Regarding school song, 1916. 9 7
Catholic Girls' High School: Notes and exams regarding curriculum 9 8 development, 1916-1920.
Subseries Ic. School files, 1899-1916 (Bulk, 1899-1909) .
Box Folder
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: A, 1899-1908. 9 9
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School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: B, 1899, 1907, 1909. 9 10
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: C, 1899-1909. 9 11
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: D, 1899-1908. 10 1
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: E, 1899-1909. 10 2
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: F, 1899-1908. 10 3
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: G, 1899-1909. 10 4
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: H, 1899-1907. 10 5
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: I, 1899-1909. 10 6
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: J, 1899-1908. 10 7
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: L, 1899-1909. 10 8
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: M, 1900-1909. 10 9
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: N, 1899-1908. 10 10
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: O, 1899-1910. 10 11
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: P, 1899-1908. 10 12
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: R, 1910. 11 1
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: S, 1899-1907. 11 2
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: T, 1899-1909. 11 3
School inspection reports, Philadelphia schools: V, 1899-1909. 11 4
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School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: A, 1899-1908. 11 5
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: B, 1899-1909. 11 6
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: C, 1899-1909. 11 7
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: E, 1899-1907. 11 8
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: F, 1899-1909. 11 9
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: G, 1899-1909. 11 10
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: H, 1899-1909. 11 11
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: I, 1899-1909. 11 12
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: J, 1899-1908. 11 13
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: L, 1899-1900, 11 14 1906-1909.
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: M, 1899-1909. 11 15
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: P, 1899-1909. 12 1
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: S, 1899-1909. 12 2
School inspection reports, schools outside Philadelphia: V, 1908. 12 3
School inspection reports: "Special" schools, 1900-1904. 12 4
School inspection reports: Miscellaneous parishes, 1900, 1903, 1906-1909. 12 5
Various exams, lists, reports, 1902-1916. 12 6
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Lists of schools by order and instructions for school inspectors, 1907, 12 7 undated.
Assorted printed materials, including programs, brochures, notes, and 12 8 clippings, 1907-1916, undated.
Student lists, absentee letters, notes, and other records, circa 1912-1915. 12 9
Various curricula, course plans, notes, circa 1912-1915. 12 10
Reports of meetings with teachers, 1913-1915. 12 11
Tests, assorted schools, undated. 13 1
Subseries Id: Other records, 1903-1915 (Bulk, 1910-1914) .
Box Folder
Commencement and dedication programs, invitations, clippings, and 13 2 medals, 1903-1912.
Commencement and dedication programs, invitations, clippings, and 13 3 correspondence, 1903, 1908, 1911, 1916.
Assorted programs, notes, receipts, and other records, circa 1908-1915. 13 4
Assorted notes, writings, printed materials, and clippings, circa 1910, 13 5 undated.
Writings on various topics, 1910s. 13 6
Assorted invoices, receipts, clippings, 1911-1916. 13 7
Assorted clippings, programs, notes, and other printed material, 1911-1916, 13 8 undated.
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Assorted clippings, 1912-1914, undated. 14 1
Assorted correspondence regarding donations and membership dues, 14 2 invoices and receipts, 1912-1916.
Assorted invoices, receipts, bills, 1912-1916. 14 3
Assorted printed material, 1913, 1914, undated. 14 4
Assorted clippings, circa 1913-1914, undated. 14 5
Assorted clippings, circa 1914, undated. 14 6
House of Representative legislative bills, 1915. 15 1
Lists, notes, and other records, undated. 15 2
Lists, notes, and other records, undated. 15 3
Series II. John E. Flood, 1916-1923.
Subseries IIa. Correspondence, 1916-1922 (Bulk, 1917-1922) .
Box Folder
1916. 15 4
1917 January-June. 15 5
1917 July-December. 15 6
1918 January-June. 16 1
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1918 July-September. 16 2
Correspondence regarding Catholic Summer School of America, 1918-1922. 16 3
1919 January-June. 16 4
1919 July-December. 16 5
1920 January-June. 16 6
1920 July-December. 17 1
1921 January-June. 17 2
1921 July-December. 17 3
1922 January-March. 17 4
1922 April-June. 17 5
1922 July-September. 17 6
undated. 17 7
Subseries IIb. School files, 1916-1923 (Bulk, 1917-1922) .
Box Folder
Invoices, receipts, and salary lists, 1916-1921. 17 8
Examination questions, schedules, and related correspondence, 1916-1922. 18 1
School Board meeting agenda and minutes, draft of Annual Report for 18 2 1916-1917, 1917, 1918, 1920.
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Letters regarding school inspections, 1917-1920. 18 3
Textbook lists and prices, 1917-1922. 18 4
Assorted records, reports, notes, and other printed material, mostly regarding 18 5 Catholic Girls' High School, 1917-1922, undated.
Lists of prize winners and graduates from Catholic Girls' High School, 1918, 18 6 1921, 1922.
Assorted printed material regarding school uniforms, annexes, and meetings, 18 7 1918, 1922, 1923.
Letters regarding school inspections, 1918-1922. 18 8
Programs and drafts of programs from Catholic Girls' High School closing 18 9 exercises, 1919, 1921, undated.
Enrollment data, attendance lists, and student lists by section, mostly 18 10 regarding Catholic Girls' High School, 1919-1922, undated.
Assorted records regarding pipe organ, 1921-1922. 18 11
Report of the Department of Public Health about vaccinations, 1922 18 12 September 1.
Boy Week essays, 1922. 18 13
Copy of Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, undated. 18 14
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Series III. Joseph M. O'Hara, 1922-1932 (Bulk, 1922-1926) .
Subseries IIIa. Correspondence, 1922-1929 (Bulk, 1922-1926) .
Box Folder
1922 September-October. 18 15
1923 January-June. 19 1
1923 July-December. 19 2
1924 January-June. 19 3
1924 July-December. 19 4
1925 January-June. 20 1
1925 July-December. 20 2
1926 January-April. 20 3
1926 May-December. 20 4
1927-1929, undated. 21 1
Subseries IIIb. School files, 1922-1932 (Bulk, 1922-1926) .
Box Folder
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 21 2 High School, 1922-1924.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 21 3 High School, 1922-1924.
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Assorted records and notes regarding parish schools, 1922-1925, undated. 21 4
Enrollment and school data, 1922-1925, 1928, undated. 21 5
Examination schedules and questions, 1922-1926. 21 6
Staff lists and salaries, 1922-1927. 21 7
Assorted records regarding textbooks, 1923, undated. 21 8
Assorted records regarding Washington, D.C. tours for high school students, 21 9 1923, 1925, 1926.
Letters regarding school inspections, 1923-1925. 21 10
Financial contribution lists and expense reports, 1923-1926. 22 1
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 22 2 High School, 1923-1926.
Reports, meeting minutes, and other writings (some incomplete), 1923-1926, 22 3 undated.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 22 4 High School, 1924-1926.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 22 5 High School, 1924-1926.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 22 6 High School, 1924-1928.
Assorted records, notes, printed material, programs, and others, 1924-1929, 22 7 undated.
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Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 23 1 High School, 1926-1928.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 23 2 High School, 1927-1929.
Receipts and invoices for facilities, services, and supplies for Catholic Girls' 23 3 High School, 1927-1929.
Meeting minutes of the Catholic University of America Board of Trustees, 23 4 1932.
Prizes awarded to Catholic Girls' High School graduates, undated. 23 5
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